Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Westminster City Council, as a Trailblazer area, works with partners to tackle anti social behaviour in Victoria Street and the environs of Westminster Cathedral. Westminster City Council has undertaken a number of initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour, including, enhanced cleansing services, working on an exercise with local residents' groups, businesses and the Cathedral authority to "design out crime" and encouraging local businesses not to sell strong alcohol to those of vulnerable disposition. The area also has been designated as a controlled drinking zone which has proven successful in reducing levels of street drinking. A joint taskforce has been set up to tackle issues in relation to problems stemming from large numbers of people arriving in the area from EU accession countries. The Respect Taskforce receives regular updates from Westminster City Council regarding this progress. We would expect Westminster City Council to make public their work to tackle anti-social behaviour and I understand it plans to publish on its website a report of its work as a Trailblazer to tackle begging in the Westminster area for the period 2004–05 at the end of March 2006.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The BRE (Building Research Establishment) receives its income from its clients; which include private companies, government departments, national governments, independent public organisations like the CAA, and the European Commission.
	BRE is owned by BRE Trust, a registered charity, whose objectives are through research and education, to advance knowledge, innovation and communication in all matters concerning the environment for public benefit.
	The trust structure is designed to ensure that BRE remains independent of commercial interests, is alert to the possibility of conflicts of interest, and safeguards BRE's international reputation for objectivity and impartiality.
	The BRE work referred to was commissioned and paid for by the Department for Transport for the Aviation Health Working Group. It is available on the department's website. The DFT has no reason to suppose that the work done for it on cabin air quality was in any way undermined/compromised by conflicts of interest.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The details the CAA has on these incidents are as follows:
	G-JEAV of 14 January 2002
	The CAA has no record of a contaminated air incident involving G-JEAV on 14 January 2002.
	G-JEAU of 10 February 2003
	The CAA has no record of a contaminated air incident involving G-JEAU on 10 February 2003.
	G-JEAS of 29 August 2003
	The CAA has the following information:
	Just after becoming established in the cruise at FL250, all three cabin attendants reported feeling unwell, complaining of nausea and light headedness. There was no indication of any problem with cabin pressurisation or air conditioning. After shut down the cabin attendants still felt unwell and mentioned that similar symptoms had previously been experienced on this particular aircraft. Air conditioning pack inspection accomplished in accordance with ADM1049, (ADM1049 is an inspection Task Card, incorporating pack inspections required by the aircraft manufacturer SB21-150 Rev2), but no abnormalities were found. Aircraft released back to service, no further reports.
	G-JEBB of 18 January 2004
	The CAA has no record of a contaminated air incident involving G-JEBB on 18 January 2004.
	G-JEBD of 21 October 2004
	The CAA has no record of a contaminated air incident involving G-JEBD on 21 October 2004.
	G-JEBG of 14 November 200?
	The date in the question is incomplete. The only record of any fumes event involving this aircraft was on 14 March 2005. Details are as follows:
	During cruise, smoke was observed emanating from an oven in the rear galley and the cabin crew were instructed to attend to the situation in accordance with their Standard Operating Procedures training. A MAYDAY was declared with a request for an immediate landing at Isle of Man. After landing the aerodrome fire services attended the aircraft and confirmed that the cause of the smoke was an old crew meal jammed at the rear of the oven. The crew responded appropriately and the incident has been highlighted to remind cabin crew to check ovens for foreign objects.
	G-JEBD of 22 February 2005
	The CAA has no record of a contaminated air incident involving G-JEBD on 22 February 2005.

Lord Rotherwick: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What shortcomings have been found in the global positioning system (GPS) that have required the Civil Aviation Authority to initiate a programme of GPS trial approaches in the United Kingdom.

Lord Davies of Oldham: Currently, the Civil Aviation Authority considers that the GPS should be used only to supplement conventional navigation techniques for cross-country navigation outside controlled airspace and not replace them.
	Positional accuracy for the US Global Positioning System (GPS) can vary by 10m or more depending on location and time. In urban areas and mountainous regions signal visibility can be obstructed.
	Future radio navigation needs will require better integrity and service guarantees; for instance, for safety-critical transport applications. Some augmentation systems are available now. The EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) wide area augmentation system is expected to be certificated for civil aviation use in 2007.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Cases in which the applicant signifies his or her desire to have the application reconsidered in light of the further advice received from the Indian Government about the restrictions in Indian citizenship law on dual citizenship will be re-opened and processed as quickly as possible. Arrangements are underway to allocate additional resources and training to the task.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Information on the percentage of Disability Employment Advisers employed by Jobcentre Plus who have received deafness awareness training is not collected nationally or regionally.
	All advisers have access to a Jobcentre Plus Guide entitled External Organisations Guide to Information for Disadvantaged Customers which contains information provided by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). Access to relevant advice, training and guidance are covered in the disability employment adviser training.
	Advisers know that relevant communication support must be available for deaf customers. This ranges from British Sign Language interpreters and other communicators including speech to text operators, lip speakers, or note takers.
	Equipment which meets the needs of individuals is also available. This could include audio induction loops, high-powered earphones, radio microphones and textphones. Disability employment advisers also as part of their personal development discuss their training needs with their managers to ensure that they can work with any customer with a health condition or disability.

Lord Rooker: The remit of the Post Primary Review Working Group required it to take account of the responses to the consultation on the recommendations of the post-primary review body (the Burns report). The advice from the working group (the Costello report) was accepted by the Government in January 2004. The report was not published for consultation and responses were not therefore sought on its content.
	Aspects of the working group's recommendations, however, have been or will be the subject of consultation in the course of implementation. Consultation exercise on new admissions arrangements for post-primary schools took place between January and June 2005 and a summary report on responses received was published on 6 December 2005. A proposal for a draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order which will give effect to aspects of the new post-primary arrangements, including provisions to introduce new admissions arrangements and the entitlement framework, is the subject of a current consultation exercise. The closing date for comments is 7 March. Consultation on draft regulations setting out the detail of new admissions criteria is planned for 2007.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will provide a summary of the work undertaken by the East Antrim Employment Task Force since its formation in 2001.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the answer by the Lord Triesman on 25 January (HL Deb, col. 1181), what is the justification for his statement in relation to (a) the Global Europe study by HM Treasury; (b) Professor Minford's study; and (c) Mr Ian Milne's study, A Cost Too Far that those studies "are all based on extrapolations that go so far beyond the normal sense of where one should take an economic extrapolation that they are not in any realistic sense credible".

Lord Triesman: The Treasury's Global Europe study underlines the benefits for consumers and business associated with the single market and the potential boost to productivity and prosperity further economic reform would bring. To extrapolate from this study an economic cost to our EU membership of 4 to 10 per cent. of UK gross domestic product is not credible. Applying the assumptions from one study to the analysis of another in these cases leads to erroneous conclusions.

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 20 December 2005 (WA 251–52) and 17 January (WA 99), whether the police, immigration or customs services are empowered under the Chicago convention or otherwise to investigate and search aircraft suspected of being involved in acts of extraordinary rendition, where there is a serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment of individuals held involuntarily on board such aircraft.

Lord Rogan: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Under what circumstances in Northern Ireland a firearm can be deemed to be lawfully held by an individual who is not a member of the security forces; and
	Whether, prior to carrying out a search of any business or residential property in Northern Ireland, the police are required to carry out a risk assessment; and whether such an assessment would indicate the presence of a lawfully held firearm; and
	In what circumstances in Northern Ireland a firearm (other than a weapon held by the security forces) found during a police search can be deemed to be lawfully held in the absence of a firearms certificate; and
	Whether weapons found by police during searches of residential or commercial property in Northern Ireland have subsequently been deemed to be lawfully held in the absence of a firearms certificate and
	Whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland have knowledge of all lawfully held firearms in Northern Ireland; and whether that knowledge includes the serial numbers of the weapons involved; their ballistic profile; and the individual who is their lawful holder.

Lord Rooker: A person, who is not a member of the security forces, may lawfully purchase, acquire or possess a firearm in Northern Ireland if he does so in accordance with the conditions of a firearm certificate granted by the chief constable under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 or in circumstances where it is permissible to hold such a firearm without a certificate under Articles 77 or 78 of and Schedules 1 or 2 to the order.
	Records of firearms held under certificate are maintained by the Police Service for Northern Ireland and include the name of the holder, the serial number of the firearms and, in the case of handguns, the ballistic profile. The chief constable does not maintain similar records for those lawfully held firearms where a firearms certificate is not required.
	PSNI officers will conduct a risk assessment which will include a check to ascertain the presence of legally held firearms before engaging in any search activity.
	Any firearm discovered during PSNI searches of residential or commercial property which is not readily identified as being held under a firearm certificate issued by the chief constable or exempted under Article 77 or 78 of and Schedules 1 or 2 to the order is held by PSNI, in the interests of public safety, pending confirmation of its legal status. If found to be held lawfully it is returned to the owner.
	There is no legal or other process where a firearm may be "deemed" to be held lawfully. A firearm is either held lawfully as provided for by the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, or is held illegally.

Baroness Andrews: The Government announced on 7 November last year that they would implement the recommendations of the three-year review in full from 1 April 2006, with the additional safeguard to tenants of a suggested 5 per cent. cap on average actual rent increases for 2006-07 and 2007-08. Our intention is that authorities will have their housing revenue account (HRA) adjusted in-year to ensure they do not lose out as a result, and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will be issuing a consultation document shortly on how best to do this.
	In addition, the Government are examining the relationship between rents, work incentives and housing benefit as part of the work of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Immigration and Nationality Directorate's application forms, including those for employment, have a section requiring disclosure of criminal convictions in the UK or any other country. Those who are seeking asylum do not complete an application form but will have their fingerprints checked against the Police National Fingerprint Identification System [IDENTI]. Where a match is found, this will result in further checks being conducted via the Police National Computer. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate is also notified of convictions by the courts in the UK.

Lord Warner: No medicines are licensed for the treatment of depressive illness in under-18s in the United Kingdom. A doctor may prescribe a medicine outside of its licensed indication if they consider it to be in the best interests of their patient. The Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) advised in 2003 that the majority of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) should not be used in the treatment of depressive illness in those under 18 years of age. Only fluoxetine (Prozac) has been shown in clinical trials to be effective in treating depressive illness in children and adolescents. Overall the balance of risks and benefits for fluoxetine in the treatment of depressive illness in under-18s is judged to be favourable.
	The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued a guideline on the treatment of depression in children and young people in September 2005. This guideline took into account CSM advice and recommended that where an anti-depressant was considered appropriate, fluoxetine should be prescribed. NICE recommended that citalopram and sertraline could be considered where fluoxetine has not worked or has not been tolerated.
	A recently published study (Drug Safety 2005;28(12):1151-1157) which looked specifically at the effect of CSM advice on the prescribing of SSRIs for depression in children and adolescents found that the CSM advice had had a significant effect in reversing the rising trend of anti-depressant prescribing to children and adolescents in primary care.
	The data which were used in newspaper reports to suggest that over 80,000 prescriptions of SSRIs were to people under 18 in 2005 do not reflect prescribing to children and adolescents under the age of 18 for the treatment of depressive illness. These figures include prescriptions of SSRIs to 18 year-olds, and to those under 18 years for indications other than depressive illness (two SSRIs, sertraline and fluvoxamine are authorised for use in children and adolescents under 18 years with obsessive compulsive disorder).

Lord Rooker: The average waiting times from patient arrival in the accident and emergency department in Antrim Area Hospital to examination by a clinician from April 2005 to January 2006 are presented in the table below.
	
		Antrim Area Hospital
		
			 Month Average Waiting Time in A & E from Arrival to Examination 
			 April 2005 1 hour 
			 May 2005 1 hour 9 minutes 
			 June 2005 1 hour 6 minutes 
			 July 2005 1 hour 1 minute 
			 August 2005 53 minutes 
			 September 2005 1 hour 9 minutes 
			 October 2005 1 hour 7 minutes 
			 November 2005 1 hour 7 minutes 
			 December 2005 58 minutes 
			 January 2006 1 hour 4 minutes 
		
	
	Source:United Hospitals Group Health and Social Services Trust
	The average waiting times from patient arrival in the accident and emergency department in Whiteabbey Hospital to examination by a clinician from April 2005 to January 2006 are presented in the table below.
	
		Whiteabbey Hospital
		
			 Month Average Waiting Time in A & E from Arrival to Examination 
			 April 2005 42 minutes 
			 May 2005 52 minutes 
			 June 2005 53 minutes 
			 July 2005 42 minutes 
			 August 2005 36 minutes 
			 September 2005 32 minutes 
			 October 2005 37 minutes 
			 November 2005 31 minutes 
			 December 2005 35 minutes 
			 January 2006 36 minutes 
		
	
	Source: United Hospitals Group Health and Social Services Trust

Lord Rooker: Waiting list information is not collected centrally for individual hospitals. Information is available for United Hospitals Group Health and Social Services Trust which incorporates Antrim Area, Braid Valley, Carrickfergus, Mid Ulster, Moyle, Waveney and Whiteabbey Hospitals.
	Waiting list information is collected by time band. While it is therefore not possible to calculate the arithmetic mean (average) length of time waiting, the median or mid-point waiting time bands for, first, outpatients who were waiting for their first appointment and, secondly, inpatients who were waiting for treatment in the United Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust for quarter ending 31 March 2005 to quarter ending 30th September 2005 are shown in the table below.
	
		Median Waiting Time Band in United Hospitals Group Health and Social Services Trust (months)
		
			  At 31 March 2005 At30 June 2005 At 30 September 2005 
			 (a) Outpatients waiting for their first appointment 3-5 3-5 3-5 
			 (b) Inpatients waiting for treatment 0-2 0-2 0-2 
		
	
	Source: Departmental Information Returns CH1 Parts A and B and CH3 Parts 1 and 2.

Lord Rooker: A total of 21 posts were filled in the NI Assembly during 2005. These comprised 14 doorkeeper/security staff, one deputy principal, two assistant assembly clerks, two clerical officers and two programmers.
	No recruitment has occurred in 2006 to date. However, arrangements are currently underway to fill two educational officer posts.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 31 January (WA 34) concerning the proposed national stadium at the Maze site in Northern Ireland, in what form the four major political parties agreed with the proposed site; and whether they will place copies of their agreement in the Library of the House.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether their proposals for a national stadium for Northern Ireland at the Maze requires modification of the road system in that area; if so, what is the estimated cost of these modifications; or whether they are included in the £85 million estimate of the stadium.

Lord Rooker: A consortium of design, development and planning professionals are preparing a masterplan for the entire Maze/Long Kesh site. This will include advice on the roads infrastructure implications of any proposals for developing the site. The masterplanning consortium is due to report shortly. Any roads infrastructure costs will be in addition to the costs of the proposed stadium.

Lord Rooker: Neither the relative department nor the Sports Council are aware of any report prepared during the 1980s into the siting of a national stadium for Northern Ireland.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 11 January (WA 67), whether the Probation Board for Northern Ireland requested a performance report on the festivals funded; and, if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House.

Lord Rooker: None of the proposals announced by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 9 February with regard to exploring the scope for greater economic co-operation between Northern Ireland and Ireland represents joint authority and there will be no impact on Northern Ireland's position within the UK. Such co-operation is simply a matter of common sense and will only take place where it is to our mutual benefit.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The rules on the declaration of gifts received by Ministers to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are set out in Section 5 of the Ministerial Code.

Lord Drayson: I refer to the Answer given by Lord Bassam on Thursday 16 February, (Official Report, col. WA 202).
	The Government publish an annual list of gifts received by Ministers valued at more than £140. The list provides details of the value of the gifts and whether they were retained by the department or purchased by the Minister. Copies of the lists, which cover information dating back to June 2001, are available in the Library of the House.
	The rules on the declaration of gifts received by Ministers to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are set out in Chapter 5 of the Ministerial Code.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The rules on the declaration of gifts received by Ministers to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are set out in the Ministerial Code. The Prime Minister's personal tax affairs are confidential, as with any other individual.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What would the annual cost savings be of (a) postponing the payable date for state pensions until age 67 instead of 65; and (b) of making public-sector pensions payable at age 62 instead of 60.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many weapons for use with attenuated energy projectiles are held by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's East Belfast District Command Unit; what procedures are used when the weapons are issued; and who authorises their issue and in what circumstances; and
	What training is provided to Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in the use of weapons used to fire attenuated energy projectiles; and what are the guidelines for their deployment.

Lord Rooker: The spend on teachers and non-teaching staff at individual school level for all controlled and maintained schools is set out in the local management of schools outturn statements published by each education and library board. Copies of the statements for each of the years in the five-year period 1999–2000 to 2003–04 will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Not all statements for 2004–05 have been published and the outstanding statements will be placed in the Libraries as soon as they become available. The information provided in the table below shows overall expenditure on teaching and non-teaching staff in controlled and maintained schools in Northern Ireland over the period 1999–2000 to 2003–04. The costs for grant maintained integrated; voluntary grammar and special schools are excluded from this response.
	
		Financial Information 1999–2000 to 2003–04
		
			  1999–2000 2000–01* 2001–02* 2002–03* 2003–04* 
			  £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s 
			 Expenditure on teaching staff 457,788 483,989 513,600 541,329 559,416 
			 Expenditure on non- teaching staff 66,493 72,717 81,577 92,576 113,561 
		
	
	* Figures from 2000–01 to 2003–04 are on an accruals basis rather than a cash basis.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Significant progress has been made with the new single non-emergency number (SNEN)—a new service to offer the public direct access, via a new three digit number, to community safety advice, information and action, while freeing up the 999 emergency service to handle emergency incidents. The SNEN service will be rolled out across England and Wales in a number of waves. The first wave will see the service launch in five areas in summer 2006 and the service will be operating nationally by 2008. The SNEN service will be provided by local authorities and police forces working in partnership to deliver services and handle calls. Core services for SNEN partnerships are: vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage to property, noisy neighbours or loud parties, intimidation and harassment, abandoned vehicles, rubbish or litter lying around (including fly tipping), people being drunk or rowdy in public places, drug related anti-social behaviour, and street lighting. Wave one involves partnerships between police forces and local authorities in areas of Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Northumbria, Leicestershire and Rutland, South Yorkshire and South Wales. SNEN operators will deal with inquiries over the phone by giving advice and information where needed, arranging for action to be taken when appropriate or by directing the caller to a person or organisation who can help them. The service will operate around the clock and will put callers directly in touch with specially trained operators, employed by local authority and police force partnerships, for information and advice. The SNEN will complement, rather than duplicate existing services and aims to improve the delivery of these services by facilitating a better co-ordinated response by local agencies. Further information is available at the following website: http://snen.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Drayson on 9 January (WA 28), first, whether they have the right to know the names of passengers on all aircraft owned by, operated on behalf of, or operated at the request of the United States Government or any of their agencies which land at United Kingdom military airbases, whether for refuelling, transit or any other purposes; secondly, whether, if they have such a right, it has been exercised in the past five years and, if so, in respect of how many passengers; thirdly, whether they will request the names of such passengers who have landed in the United Kingdom in 2005; and, forthly, whether, if they have no such right to request names, they will take steps to acquire it.